well it has been some time since the last post… some personal issues took center stage for a few months but it looks like things are back on track. we took part in BETA spaces in november (bushwick exhibition triangle of alternative spaces) which is essentially an open studio tour showcasing curated group shows. we invited a few friends to take part in our show entitled ‘feast of martyrs’. we dubbed our loft ‘phoraspace’ and served red velvet cupcakes made by our friend lauren… yum! here are a few pics from the event…
so we went back up to my parent’s house… and came back with a whole slew of beets! we harvested both the classic red beets as well as some golden beets. here is the booty right from the soil and then we brought them home to brooklyn to use in a quick pickle. yum!
so those that know me are already aware of my aversion to the heat. i can’t stand being too hot - i’d pick a cool, damp, snowy cool day over a blistering hot one any day of the year. BUT this summer i have really been trying to give heat a chance… i think my appreciation for the sun has really been in trying to understand it and celebrate it’s virtues… like ok you can’t grow really amazing things without sun. and this summer it has all been about the garden fresh goodies… check out some more photos!
gosh… sometimes it’s just all or nothing around here - 2 months with no posts and now i feel i’ve got loads to share. so if you’re looking for the most amazing baguette in the city you have to go to almondine bakery in dumbo (brooklyn) at 85 water st. to be exact - it’s across the street from jacques torres’ chocolate and apparently he is a partner with fellow pastry chef herve poussot. it is an authentic french bakery with lovely tarts and things but their bread is really what makes it worth the trip. these baguettes are seasoned perfectly with a solid crunch on the exterior and soft lovely flesh on the interior… i could eat a whole loaf by myself with just unsalted butter and sea salt. um yum.
so my boyfriend lee is no stranger to making home-made jerky. yes he marinates his own meat, jerkifies it in a slow, low-heat 50’s style enamel gas stove and gives it to our friends. he is the jerky dealer of our neighborhood. recently, for a dessert party at our friend patrick and rebecca’s house, he turned things up a notch with a candied molasses outer shell dipped in pepitos (pumpkin seeds). if there is a blue ribbon for jerky making out there, he will win it.
is swigg approved! last nite we went to the ‘taster’s party’ at the newest pizza place to open in our hood — that is the east williamsburg industrial park / bushwick / we-bu or whatever the kids are calling it these days — all i know is, as a veteran of the neighborhood for the past 11 years (yeah i’m old-school ya’ll), this is the best pizza you will find this side of the johnson-dickson line… no offense campus dwellers (!)
so this past weekend we brought some fruits and veggies up to my parents house in western MA to do some pickling. lee and i had done quick pickles before, but never the real deal. it was a lot of fun but also a lot of work to prepare all of the different things for the process… here are a few pics from pickle sunday and the bounty we will be enjoying this winter!
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